Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest

[Ken Thompson]

Dang Wayne,

Today's prices must really tick you off!!  I guess when you put it all in 
perspective, what we found wasn't really much of a war.

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wgalligan" <wgalligan at cnbcom.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest


> The last gas war that I remember(1969 or 70??) buying gas at had premium 
> at
> 19 cents a gallon and regular was 23 cents. Gas was about 35 cents a 
> gallon
> at home. It paid for us to drive to the next town to get gas, go back home
> and cruise all night, then go back and fill up before turning the keys 
> back
> over to Pa.
>
> Wayne Galligan
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Thompson" <mrandmrst at comcast.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest
>
>
>> We have $ 2.55 to 2.59 all around here.  One spot in Ohio was having a 
>> gas
>> war so some of us patient ones got it for $ 2.36, Bob did a little better
> on
>> Friday, gotta' love them gas wars!!
>>
>> Ken
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
>> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:40 PM
>> Subject: Re: Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest
>>
>>
>> >
>> > On Aug 14, 2005, at 7:22 PM, Ken Thompson wrote:
>> >
>> >> About 20 min., and you can bet I squeezed every drop I could fit in my
>> >> tank, too!!   I paid a little more than you did, but still a great
> deal.
>> >
>> > I went to the Tangerine Contest down in Apopka, FL with Tony Stillman.
> We
>> > paid $2.57/gallon on the way there.  The cheapest gas was $2.39/gallon
> in
>> > Apopka.  Paid $2.56/gallon on the way back.
>> >
>> > BTW, we had a good time at the contest.
>> >
>> > They had one Sportsman pilot, one Intermediate pilot, two Advanced
> pilots,
>> > four Master pilots and NINE F3A pilots!  If you can imagine this: 
>> > Jason
>> > Shulman was there AND he competed with his World Championship airplane!
>> > Not only that, he let his brother, David, borrow his airplane so he
> could
>> > compete.  I asked that at the pilots' meeting that Jason and David be
>> > allowed to fly alone, so that Jason's airplane wouldn't be at risk, and
>> > that's the way it went until the fourth round, when my airplane was
>> > airborne, and Jason took off.  Can you imagine how conscious I was of
>> > where Jason's airplane was during that flight?  Can you believe that it
>> > was my highest scoring flight? I was amazed!
>> >
>> > Jason leaves for France on Monday.  Go U.S.A.!!!
>> >
>> > Ron Van Putte
>> >
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